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The Team

Reza Ovissipour, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
Assistant Professor in Food Safety and Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
Ph.D. Biosystems Engineering Washington State University
Ph.D. Bioprocess Engineering Tarbiat Modares University
M.Sc. Seafood Technology Tarbiat Modares University Aquaculture Engineering GAU

Lexi Duscher, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher in Cellular Agriculture
SAREC
Ph.D. Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida
B.Sc. Marine Science Eckerd College
B.A. Environmental Studies Eckerd College


Inayat Batish
Ph.D. Student in Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
M.Sc. Industrial Biotechnology NIT (India)
B.Sc. Biotechnology PTU (India)
Thet M. Aung
M.Sc. Student in Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
B.Sc. Food Science and Technology VT
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Zachary Shea
Ph.D. Student in Crop and Soil Sciences
(Main advisor: Dr. Bo Zhnag)
School of Plant And Environmental Sciences
B.Sc. Zoology NCSU

Julia J. Kesselring
M.Sc. Student in Intenstinal Biome
Department of Food Science and Technology
B.Sc. Food Science and Technology UDel

Amiti Banavar
M.Sc. Student in Cellular Agriculture
Department of Food Science and Technology/SAREC
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering Stony Brook University

Rose Thai
Lab Specialist-SAREC
B.Sc. Biological Sciences Virginia Tech
B.Sc. Experimental Neurosciences Virginia Tech
Lab Alumni

Janak Dhakal
Postdoctoral Researcher in COVID (2020-2021)
Next Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Caio Miyai
Postdoctoral Researcher in Alternative Proteins
for AquaFeed (2019-2021)
Next Position: Senior Researcher
São Paulo State University

Samad Keramat
Research Scientist in Alternative Proteins for AquaFeed
(2020-2021)
Next Position: Associate Professor
Sari Agricultural Sciences University

Maggie Marshall
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2019)
Next Position: Senior Research Assistant
Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University

Shamil Rafeeq
Visiting Scholar-Nanobubbles Technology
(2020-2021)
Next Position: Associate Professor
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
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